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> The atomic family of 2 adults and children is a very recent invention. The historical family is a bunch of people living under the same roof, working and doin
by Turing_Machine 2y ago
> The atomic family of 2 adults and children is a very recent invention. The historical family is a bunch of people living under the same roof, working and doing for the whole family, from each according to their ability, for each according to their needs.
Somewhat true, but not relevant to the point at hand. The historical family was typically run in an autocratic fashion by the elders, without even a vague trace of democracy. For that matter, there are still plenty of places in the world where families are run that way.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 2y ago>The historical family Is this a serious comment or flame bait? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_family https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_family
- Turing_Machine 2y agoI'm using the OP's term. If you don't like the term, take it up with that person. It's not "flamebait" in any case. Instead, perhaps you're disagreeing with my assertion that most families in the past were autocratic, and that in many cultures they still are. A link to a lengthy Wikipedia article does nothing to refute the claim. You're going to have to be more specific. Most historical families in Europe, India, and China were run by the elders on autocratic lines, and those constitute, and pretty much always have constituted, the majority of families on Earth (at least since the population boom brought on by the invention of agriculture). Indeed, in classical Roman civilization, the paterfamilias could kill any junior member of the family at any time, for any reason he chose. Your own article even mentions that. Sounds pretty autocratic to me.